Mechanical toy



June' 19, 192E.

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U I ED, STATES SAMUEL I. BERGER. OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

, MECHANICAL TOY.

Application filed December 9, 1925. Sciial No; 74,236.

My present invention relates to improve ments in motor driven mechanicaltoys particularly to toys of the character in which the motor becomesintermittently operative to move a toy figure to assume power positionfrom which the power stored b tween effective operations of the motor.

Objects of theinvention are to provide a toy of the character mentionedof simple and practical construction which will be rug ed and durable inuse, capable of being manufactured withv comparative economy and whichwill prove realisticin performance, and interesting and amusing towatch.

More particularly, the toy of the present invention is one in which atoy figure stores up the power intermittently received from a springmotor and intermittently delivers it to operate mechanism totallyun'connected with the motor; In a'preferred embodiment, the figure underthe'impetus of the motor lifts a toy sledge or mallet and during theintervals that the motor becomes disconne'cted from the figure themallet drops :by

gravity, and actuates other mechanical devices. Preferably the movement"of the figure in lifting the hammer is'accompanied by other realisticmovement-s. For instance, where the hammer isfused to operate a toystrength testing machine which includes a graduated uprightand a bell atthe top, the head of the figure willftiltforward to ,appear to observethe object to'be struck before the hammer falls and will be subsequentlyinclined rearward to appear to observe the scale andbellat-thke top ofthe upright after the blow has been delivered.

' The invention may be more fully understood from'the description inconnection with the accompanying drawings wherein,

Fig. 1 is a viewin' longitudinial section or the'toyf Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view on line 22 of Fi'g.1,"g

- Fig. 3 is a perspective view on a larger scale of a fragment of theguide way, and;

Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of" the head tilting mechanism.

The reference character ,10 designates a box like platform or base whichconstitutes a motor casing, and may be of any suitable shape, althoughpreferably rectangular. Secured at one end thereof is the lower end ofan upright 11 gradnated as indicated at the. figure is'delivered duringthe interva s be-.

tion of a lever 17.

12, and having a central slot or guideway 11' therein in whichatravelling indicator 14 is "movable, to sound a bell 13 when it reachesthe top .ofthe upright. The base or motor'casing is providedwithaicoveir 15 having earslG struck: upward therefrom which serve tomount the-intermediate por- The' extremity of the longer end ofthe leveris disposed in slot 11 beneaththe movable indicator 14: and the shorterend'of the lever includes aiwidened striking portion adapted to be hitby a sledge s in the hands of a toy figure 18 fixedly secured t0 theplatform '15. In this manner,

I carry out in miniature the usual .construc-' tion of a strengthtestingxmachine, the level when struck by'the sledge operating to propelthe traveling indicator 14 upward in order to. ring the bell. Y

-The toy figure includes integral bOdya-nd leg portions formedof apair'of complementary 'stampings 19 having their? edges'interlocked bybendable tongues'20 or similar de vices, as shown in detail and claimedin my copending application Serial No." 41,474. filed July 6th, 1925;The feet of the figure are provided with integral tongue extensions 21engaging with the platform to secure the figure in place thereon, asinsaid copendin application. 'Atransverse shaft 22 forme of a stamping has"forked ends which exclose a weight 26; The figure thus appears tobeyholding the sledgein its hands, and to be wleldlng the same as thetransverse shaft 22 isrocked to effect swinging movement of the arms.The head 27 ofthe figure is also formed of complementary stampings heldtogether by tongues 28 and ispivoted on a second transverse shaft 29passed through the shoulder portions of the body sections, and the headis caused'to move in synchro nism in a manner which will be more fullyhereinafter described.

The spring motor which I utilize for operating the toy isofsubstantially conventional construction: I Preferably the motor includesa drum shaft 30and speed-retarding counterill) end a driving gear 34.

shafts 31 and 32 journaled at their ends in the side walls of the baseor motor housing 10. Rotatable on the drum shaft is an elongatedcylindrical drum 33 carrying at one A coiled torsional spring 35encircling the drum has one end afiixed to a rachet wheel 36 keyed tothe shaft and its other end connected to the driving gear 34 of thedrum. The usual oscillating pawl 37 prevents retrograde movement of theratchet wheel. A key 38 disposed exteriorly of the motor casing isformed by bending the protruding end of the drum shaft into a suitablyshaped loop for winding the spring. To regulate and moderate the speedof the gear under the impetus of the torsional spring, I employ a train39 of speed reducing gears, the successive gears being mounted laterallyon the two countershafts 31 and 32 and connected in a speed increasingrelationship so that they present a fly wheel effect. The final gear 10of the train is preferably in the nature of an eccentric and acts as agovernor.

For effecting swinging movement of the arms of the figure, I mount acrank shaft 11 in brackets 42 struck inward from an end wall of thecasing. This crankshaft includes a crank finger 43 presented in the pathof a plurality of lifting. lugs 14; struck outward from the driving gear341 so that as said gear 34 rotates the lugs successively engage thefinger to rock the crank shaft. At the other end of the crank shaft, Ipros vide a crank arm 45 which is connected to the lower end of anupright lifting rod 46 passing up through an opening in the base throughthe hollow figure toy and being engaged at its upper end with a crankarm 47 on the shaft 22. The lifting rod may be.

in the nature of a fairly stiff wire having an eye 18 at its lower endwhich for purposes of convenient assembly, is hooked over the crank arm,the endof which is bent down at 41 to prevent the eye coming off. As thelifting lugs successively actuate the crank shaft 41 the lifting rod ispositively elevated and consequently the arms of the figure toy arecaused. to lift the sledge. As the finger passes off of a lifting lug 41 the sledge by reason of its substantial weight drops by gravitystriking the lever and impelling the traveling indicator 14 upward tostrike the bell on the upright.

To effect movement of the head of the figure, the dependingneck portion50 thereof at which it is pivoted to shaft 29 is connected tothe shaft22 by a link 51 pivoted at its upper end eccentrically of said neckportion and at its lower end to a struck-in tongue 52 in the shaft, 22.As the shaft 22 rocks in a directionto effect elevation of the arms, thelink 51 rocks the head 27 downward about its pivot 29. The effect ofthis cooperative action of the arms and head is to cause the figure tolook downward at the lever when the hammer is raised and then to causeit to lift its head quickly and look up at the bell at the time that theindicator strikes it. drops by gravity, strikes impelling lever 17 andrestores it to normal position where its longer end rests at 59 at thelower end of slot 11 and its shorter end is raised above stop lug 16.

Novel brake mechanism is employed for retaining the gear train againstmovement during the time that the motor is being wound. This brakeconsists of a substan tially L shaped lever 53 one end 54 of which isdisposed horizontally within the motor.

casing and adapted to engage the teeth of one of the gears of the train.The other vertical arm of the brake lever includes an ofiset 55 havingpivotal movement in the side wall of the motor casing. The vertical armterminates in a handle end 56 passing through a suitably shaped opening57 in the platform. The walls of this opening limit the extent ofpivotal movement of the brake lever and the depending side flange 58 ofthe platform extends over the lever and tends to retain the brakefrictionally in either position of setting.

It will thus be seen that there is herein 9 described apparatus in whichthe several features of this invention are embodied, and which apparatusin its action attains the various objects of the invention and is wellsuited to meet the requirements of practical use. As many changes couldbe made in the above construction and many apparently widely differentembodiments of this invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpretedas illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: v I

1'. In a toy of theclass described, a motor casing constituting a base,a cover for the motor casing, constituting a. platform, a toy figurefixed on the platform, said figure including a pair of arms carrying astriking implement, a shaft connecting the arms, means passing throughsaid figure for intermittently rocking the shaft in one direction, thestriking implement being operable to return the shaft after each rockingoperation thereof. I

2 In a toy of the class described, a motor casing constituting a base, acover for the motor casing, constituting a platform, a toy figure fixedon the platform, said figure including a pair of arms carrying astriking implement, a shaft fixedly connecting the arms, means forintermittently rocking the The indicator 1 1 immediately 1" loo 3. In amechanical toy, in combination, a

spring motor, aplatform, a toy figure secured to said platform, said toyfigure having a pivoted head and a pivoted arm, an implement rigid withsaid arm, a rock shaft in said figure to which said arm is rigidlyconnected, a linkage between said motor and said rock shaft tointermittently operate the l latter for raising said arm and thenreleasing, and linkage between said rock shaft and said pivoted head tocause the latter to move in synchronism with the movement of the arm. I

4. In a mechanical toy, in combination, a platform, a motor at one sidethereof, a figure secured to said platform' and having an elementmounted for reciprocatory movement, a rock shaft having an operatingarm, said motor having a rotary disk'provided with one or more liftinglugs in the path of said operating arm to intermittently raise andrelease the same, said rock shaft having another arm connected to thereciprocating element to lift the same upon actuation by the motor andto allow thesameto return gravity after release of the rock shaft by thelifting lug.

.5. In a mechanical toy, in combination, a

casing, a spring motor therein, said motor "including a rotarydisc, afigure mounted on I said casing, said figure having a pivoted, weightedreciprocatory member, means for. raising said member by power from. saidmotor including one or more struck up lugs in said disk and a rock shafthaving an arm in the path of movement of said lugs, a second arm on saidrock shaft and linkage connecting said arm to said reciprocating mem berwhereby the reciprocating member is raised by the, action of a lug ontherock shaft, and after said lug passes off the rock shaft arm, theweighted member will drop by gravity. o

6. In a toy, in combination, a'figure, a pair of arms pivoted at theshoulders of said figure said arms having integral extensions clenchedtogether to represent the handie of a sledge, and having enlargements atY the outer ends thereof clenched'together to form a sledge head and ametallic weight withinvsaid clenched head.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey this4th day of. December, A. D. 1925;

SAMUEL I. BERGER.

